Trip for hay nets



K. H. SMELSER.

TRIP FOR HAY NETS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1920.

. Patented Jan. 3, 1922,

, reference l'designates a body strip having UNITED STATES PATENT orricr KING-HENRY SMELSER, or GoLconn'A, NEVADA. 1

TRIP FOR HAY NETSJ Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatrI, KING H. SMELSER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Golconda, in the county of Humboldt and State of Nevada, haveinvented a new and useful Trip for Hay Nets, of which the'following is a specification.

This invention relates to a trip for use in connection with hay nets such as used for hoisting hay, one of the objects of the invention being to provide a trip of this character which will securely hold together opposed portions of the net and which, when shifted by means of a trip cord, will promptly releasesaid held portion so that the load will thus be delivered quickly and accurately.

A further object is to provide a structure of this character which is simple, durable and efiicient and the parts of which will not I readily get out of order.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the pre-v ferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of the complete device inuse.

Figure 2 is a side elevation on an enlarged scale, of the trip.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view thereof. Referring to the figures by characters of eye 2 at one end adapted to be engaged a ring 3 connectedto one side A of the portion of the hay net an y hay net, said side carrying a pulley hoisting rope C is adapted to engage and support this pulley Band to extend over any suitable supporting structure indicated at D, this rope C being attached to the other section E of the hay net. A ring 4 is'connected to the section E as shown.

B at its other end. A

The strip 1 is provided with guide ears 5 and 6 in which is slidably mounted a bolt 7. One end of this bolt is enlarged to form a head slidable in the ear 6, said head bemg deslgned to bear against one end of a spring 9 which is mounted on the bolt 7 and between the ears 5 and6. Thus when the bolt is drawn longitudinally in one direction its head 8 will press against the spring 9 and place it under increased compression.

An eye or loop 10 is connected to that end of the bolt remote from the head 8 and has a trip cord 11 attached to it. The head 8 is provided with a shoulder 11 adapted tobe engaged by one end of a hook 12 which is pivotally mounted, as at 13, upon one end of the strip 1. This hook 12 is adapted to engage the ring 4 as shown in Figure 1 so as to hold the two sections A and E of the hay not connected at their lower ends. In using the structure hereindescribed the two sections of the netare spread open while connected by the hook 12 and the ring 4. i I

The load is piled on the net after which the cable '0 is pulled to bind the sections A and E upon the load indicated at L. 'At the same time 'thecontinual pulling upon the rope or cable C will elevate the load and after it has been conveyed to a desired point, the entire load can be promptly released simply by pulling on the trip rope 11. This will cause the bolt 7 to shitt'longitudinally I out of engagement with the hook 12 which will swing downwardly and be withdrawn from the rin 4, thereby allowing the two sections A an E to swing apart so that the load can drop.

What is claimed is: a The combination with a hay net, including opposed sections, a pulley connectedto the upper end of one section, and a hoisting rope connected to the upper end of the other'section and extending under and supporting the pulley, of a base strip attached to the lower end of one section, a ring at tached to the lower end of the other section, guide ears upon said strip, a bolt slidably mounted in the ears and extending longitudinally of the strip, a spring mounted on the bolt for holding it normally in one posi- 7 tion, a hook pivotally connected to one end of the strip and having one end portion In testimony that I claim the foregoing movable against the strip and its other'end asmy oWn,-I havehereto aflixed my signaspaced for a portion of its length from the ture in the presence of two witnesses.

strip to receive and hold the ring, said bolt KING HENRY SMELSER. normally engaging and holding the hook Witnesses: V 5 against movement, and a tripping element 7 J. B. FAYANT,

connected to the bolt. GEO. A. BAIN. 

